Soldiering on for Wesley Clark

I got an e-mail today from VoteVets.org. It's worth reading, but more than that, it's worth visiting the website and kicking in a few bucks.

These people, Iraq war vets, are making a difference. They helped elect good Democrats to Congress, but they didn't stop there. Now they're helping remind us how important it is to tell our congressmen and women how we feel about Bush's escalation.

But don't take my word for it. Read what they have to say:

Dear VoteVets.org Supporter,

You are making a difference!

Last weekend, the Democratic National Committee held its annual Winter Meeting and, as frequently happens in election years (even tho 2007 is not technically not), it included a "cattle call" of all the presidential candidates for 2008, to include, as party chairman Dean called him, the imminent candidate General Wesley Clark.

One by one, the presidential wannabes took the podium, in randomly assigned order, and extolled the audience as to why Democrats should nominate them to the highest office in the land (and a house worth I dare say more than even John Edwards').

But only one seized upon the platform as an opportunity to once again remind Democrats, as well as an expected TV audience (pre-empted by tornadoes in Florida), of those the aspirants would seek to lead, when he began the meat of his speech with:

But before I say anything else, I want you to take just a moment and reflect quietly, on the sacrifices that are being made by our troops in uniform and their families. [moment of silence]

You could have heard a pin drop in that room.

It's not the people trying to bring them home.

The front page of the local rag carried a large photo above the fold two days ago. It was taken by John Moore of Getty Images, and accompanied an article about our military manpower problems. Hard to believe, but I can't find the photo on-line. It's simple to describe though. On a blank wall outside a Marine Corps civil affairs office in Ramadi Iraq was scribbled these words, writ large in an easy blue script:

UPDATE: I found the photo.

(John Moore/Getty Images)

...before it starts?

We are on the verge of war with Iran, and most of America doesn't even know it.

But make no mistake. George W. Bush wants to attack Iran.

Kudos to the folks who put this together:

Directed by John Bruder, Written by John Kramer
Produced by Mike Conway, Music by Chad Krueger, Starring Matt Craig, Andy St. Clair and Alex Fendrich